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Good Heaven's Teacakes!
                                           

Ridiculously iconic pic of Big Ben

Caught washing dishes by the telly          

Hyde park trees

     We just spent the week
London, England, one of my favorite places in the WORLD!  To boot, we stayed in the same ADORABLE flat that I lived in 2 years ago, when I made my first video, London Wisely.


      I felt very nostalgic and had fun remembering things I saw when I was little.  It was a blast, even though it was a little stressful.  Happily, I got to unwind with leisurely strolls through Hyde park, the humungous splotch of nature in London's urban jungle.  Dogs romped freely through grass.  Trees as far as the eye could see, and the smell of a fresh cut lawn.  It was the kind of landscape that would make the laziest slob want to jog every day.  My favorite part of the public garden was the Princess Diana Memorial Play-Park.  It was enormous, with a nearly life size pirate ship, winding paths to secret gardens, a whole aisle of swing-sets, death-defyingly wobbly bridges, it was more like 8 play-parks smashed together in one.  The well loved princess also has a dedicated path around Hyde park and a fountain.

In my flapping AWESOME Watson hat

       In London, we saw many different bits of theatre, going to a play nearly every day.  Some of the names I can recall were, Matilda, Emil and the Detectives, and the horrifying, white-knuckle, tear-at-your-face like-you-want-it-to-fall-off play, Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen.  Feel free to look it up and cry you eyes out :)  In a quick trip to Baker St. I visited the Sherlock Holmes shop and took some photos in which I look like a boss (left).

In the Great Hall, Totally Psyched 

      When I returned to Britain, I did some of the things that I did last time.  However, this year I was bent on going to The Making Of Harry Potter exhibition at Warner Bros. Studios!!!!!!!  This awesome exhibit holds nearly all the actual sets for the Harry Potter films and explains how they staged all the cool bits and special effects.  I got to walk through Diagon Alley, see the detailed storyboards, and look at all the animatronics and masks used for the creatures in the movies (like Dobby or the Goblins).  At the end, everyone got to see the huge model of Hogwarts that took no less that 40 days to build!!  If you can tell from my excessive amount of exclamation points, I thoroughly enjoyed the proceedings.  When the tour was done, we explored the overpriced gift shop, and I bought myself a chocolate frog.  It was a splendid day out.

Outside the Dursley's house

      This week's Post Post Contest winner is.....my Aunt Debbie again!  She said that I would she London through a new eye, and I did!  Note: I didn't go on THE London Eye, a huge ferris wheel, but she is still correct if she was referring to my thinking. Auntie, you are, for the week, a tasty chinese cookie.  Everyone else, today I am.....back  home (wahhhhh) so be sure to predict how I will cope :)

Yours Hungrily (for carrots),
Liv

P.S. Has anyone else been wondering why the pictures in this post are so small and difficult to see?  Squint no more!  After lots of thinking, re-positioning photos, and yelling like chimps, me and Pop-sicle discovered that when you click on a picture....it........gets.......bigger!  So you're welcome, and be sure to use this to your disposal when you read my next posts :)  Cheers!

Oh, speaking of photos, all photos and video by my Dad, Wise-Owl Films! Love you Pops!